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Mother of boy who may have died in TikTok challenge urges No 10 to ban social media

Ellen Roome, whose son, Jools Sweeney, was 14 when he died, wants a ban put in place for under-16s

‘Like tobacco’: Wes Streeting calls for partial social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Former health secretary’s intervention comes as government closes consultation on age limits for platforms

Martin Lister obituary

Other lives: Clear-thinking writer and professor of photography and new media

Screentime swaps: how to quit doomscrolling without quitting your phone

Addicted to your devices? According to experts, not all screen time is created equal. Here are some healthier ways to spend time online

Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’

‘He’s a natural’: Andy Burnham’s allies give his social media style a thumbs-up

Labour MPs and PR experts praise his refreshingly forthright replies that are a marked contrast to Keir Starmer

Guardian journalists win across categories at Press Awards in London

Political editor Pippa Crerar and features writer Simon Hattenstone top major categories and Malak A Tantesh wins for Gaza reporting

Trump health officials issue advisory on children and teens’ excessive screen time

HHS advisory says high screen time among youths can be linked to poor sleep and weakened in-person relationships

Incoming Ofcom chair vows to take on ‘tech bros’

Ian Cheshire says media regulator must address perception it has been complacent and slow on online safety

Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged

Campaigners warn against blanket restrictions and say focus should be on blocking teenagers from platforms with ‘risky’ features

X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement

Media regulator announces commitments by Elon Musk’s platform to crack down on terrorist and hate content

‘There are no rules’: spotlight on Gossip Goblin as AI film-making enters new era

Defying criticisms of ‘slop’ and ‘theft’, the growing culture of AI-powered creativity is attracting interest from Hollywood

A warning to the news industry: act now or the Joe Rogan/Piers Morgan ecosystem will leave you far behind

There is a revolution reshaping how people want and get their information. News brands can and must react, but the time is now, says Deborah Turness, former head of BBC News

Trump posts late-night social media spree as Iran war drags on

President posted more than 50 times in three hours, attacking on Obama, NY Times and supreme court

Broadcasters must react to threat from ‘creator journalism’, says ex-head of BBC News

Deborah Turness, who resigned last year, says traditional news in danger of being replaced by personality-led content

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  • What happens when medical students rely on AI – and never develop their own judgment?
  • Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?
  • RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit
  • Messy is chic again. But is the world ready for my kind of crumpled grubbiness?
  • Ancestral Visions of the Future review – visceral cine-memoir is a haunting return to Lesotho
  • Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
  • It’s not just the Odyssey effect: poetry is booming because it’s the only language for these times of violence and chaos
  • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: your passport to a folding phone future
  • Mermaid Beach review – Wales gets its mermaidcore moment in teen-empowerment tale
  • UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year
  • Movie paradise? How Malta became a magnet for big film shoots
  • Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat
  • OnlyFans for Therapy review – a brave and unsettling emotional exposure
  • Inside a meme factory: meet one of thousands of Indonesians trading political outrage clicks for Facebook cash
  • I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming review – brilliant bulletin from Ukrainian frontline dives deep into culture war
  • Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK
  • ‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
  • AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s
  • ‘Watch The Odyssey for free online’: scam targets film fans with fake streaming sites
  • The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity
  • OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns
  • Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
  • Parenting is hard. Should we let AI do it for us?
  • Sex, drugs and washing dishes: inside Anthony Bourdain’s unruly younger years
  • ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
  • Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
  • The Guide #255: The great front‑row backlash ignores what makes films feel truly colossal
  • Human Centipede director Tom Six reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis in ‘final film’
  • ‘I’ve always felt too old and too young at the same time’: The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey on swapping child stardom for cult television – and Celebrity Traitors
  • From Love Me Tender to Kevin Bridges: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

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